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Pastrami question

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Hey all,
I was to smoke a pastrami today, but alas the ol fella is crook as. Q is..
Will it be okay sitting in the fridge for a few extra days crusting up?
Ye think being an ex butcher I would know!
I do not wrap mine as most seem to do.
Thanks in advance.
:)
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Should be ok, or maybe wash the rub of and re rub

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C.B & S. wrote: Mon May 29, 2017 10:40 am Hey all,
I was to smoke a pastrami today, but alas the ol fella is crook as. Q is..
Will it be okay sitting in the fridge for a few extra days crusting up?
Ye think being an ex butcher I would know!
I do not wrap mine as most seem to do.
Thanks in advance.
:)
My version of Pastrami goes like this, i buy a corned silverside or pickled pork and soak it over 24 hours in about 3 batches of clear water to minimalise the salt content, I then smoke it for about 3 hours in the WSM over about 225F heat using mesquite wood, I then place it in my WSM over water on a higher heat to get the moisture.....it was nice n pink, moist and bloody delicious...gonna have to do that again.
I've never got into the pickling or curing of meats but by dry curing I take it you'll get a fare bit of a pelicle surface and ageing.....again, I've never done it myself only going on what i've read or seen in pictures here.theres a few article about curing on the forum.

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Hi,
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C.B & S. wrote: Tue May 30, 2017 3:50 pm Hi,
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No joy with the picture.
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No Lovey,
Could not get to size.....after I got them off the phone and onto p.c....buggger..did mention I was hopless with Technog.
about to put them in the smoker now.
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worst pic ever
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Well Well,
Thanks as if I need telling.
Did you bother to read my intro?
Pretty self explanatory one would think!!
I think I did well enough to even post that.... :oops:
Now back you go.
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It just looks like it's a bit out of focus. If you used your phone to take it, they can sometimes have trouble with the close up stuff.
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Hi Lovey,
Yeah I was trying to educate myself....I down sized it too much.
Tell you though I just had some for dinner, and once again I am more than happy with the result.
I used sweet smoked paprika in my special blend this time to mix it up a bit.
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Good work Russell, pastrami is another thing on my 'to do' list.
Make a new thread in the 'What did you cook' section and see if you can put some pics up.
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Yeah thanks there Lovey,
I use a commercial cure to make the corn beef, then into my special brine for 5/7 days or +.
You should certainly try the pastrami cook, I was lucky and scored a girello @ $13.99kg....denuded.
I will try and get better at the picts...you no what they say.....pmp :roll: and then do a thread.
I do have a swag of picts from smoking sessions.
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I have been corning my own briskets for years. I also pastrami the corned flats for our use several times a year. However, after reading all the info on the forums about the easy way, I tried it on my last batch and it did come out pretty good but not as good as my corned briskets.

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For the folks that want to try this, you can find it on my blog here:

http://olddavespo-farm.blogspot.com/201 ... at-on.html
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Hey Dave,
You are right there, sure can't beat doing it from scratch.
Like others here I have tried the quick way. It does not compare.
Cheers. :D
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